On Sun 25 Jul 2021 at 09:37:14 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, 04:41 Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > On 2021-07-24 9:33 p.m., David Wright wrote: > > > On Sat 24 Jul 2021 at 19:52:36 (-0400), Polyna-Maude > > Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > >> Here are the message I get after my debmirror when I do apt-get > > update > > >> > > >> Err:31 file:/mnt/mirror/debian buster-updates/main amd64 Contents > > (deb) > > >> File not found - > > >> /mnt/mirror/debian/dists/buster-updates/main/Contents-amd64 (2: No > > such > > >> file or directory) > > >> Reading package lists... Done > > >> E: Failed to fetch > > >> file:/mnt/mirror/debian/dists/buster/main/Contents-amd64 File not > > found > > >> - /mnt/mirror/debian/dists/buster/main/Contents-amd64 (2: No such > > file > > >> or directory) > > >> E: Failed to fetch > > >> file:/mnt/mirror/debian/dists/buster-updates/main/Contents-amd64 File > > >> not found - > > /mnt/mirror/debian/dists/buster-updates/main/Contents-amd64 > > >> (2: No such file or directory) > > >> > > >> The command I used for creating the mirror is > > >> > > >> debmirror --all --progress --verbose --method=http > > >> --dist=buster,buster-updates,buster-backports > > >> --section=main,contrib,non-free --arch=amd64,i386 --rsync-extra=none > > >> --source --i18n --keyring > > /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg > > >> --root=debian --host=debian.mirror.iweb.ca > > <http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca> /mnt/mirror/debian > > >> > > >> Got idea ? > > > > > > --getcontents ? > > > > > Giving this one a try.... > > > I'm not sure you have close to a clue what my problem is. > Because when I simply change my repository to the usual Debian one, I > can do my apt cache update properly.
and then On Mon 26 Jul 2021 at 01:12:14 (-0400), Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > >>> > >>> --getcontents ? > >>> > >> Giving this one a try.... > >> > >> > > Gave this one a try and it worked. Difficult to keep up. > > Next step... > > I'm setting up a Debian mirror (don't know if it will be very useful > > because I already have one nearby (iweb.ca)... > > > > But as I'm only carrying Buster and Bullseye (possibly the next testing > > too). > > > With only the security update mirror. > Please don't write me (again) it's bad to create a local copy of > security-update. > > Now getting this problem : > > E: The repository 'file:/mnt/mirror/security-debian buster/updates > Release' does not have a Release file. > N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is > therefore disabled by default. Just copy the files *Release* from the website with wget? (In no way condoning what you are attempting to do.) Cheers, David.
